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...perceptions. A photograph does not present the subject ‘as it was’, but as the photographer wanted the viewer to see it. Since 1839 various distinctive applications have evolved – portraiture, art photography, reportage, fashion, documentary and so on. Photographers working within these disciplines shared a common set of ideas about the nature and purpose of their...

...perceptions are disturbed; he is mad. If he does not think so, he lies. He may tell you he holds his finger in the flame of a candle, without feeling pain; would you believe him? When he dies, he at least gives up all that he has. [Figure 1] Figure 1 Joseph Wright of Derby, The Old Man and Death, 1773, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Photo:...

...perception of the story? What do you notice about the structure of this poem that makes it particularly effective? Discussion Here is an example answer: Agbabi is writing from the point of view of the Black woman who appears on the right-hand side of Titian’s painting. This changed the way I viewed Titian’s painting, because it made me realise that all of the other...